Wartsila to Supply 36MW Power Plant to Angolan Cement Works Facility

Finnish power engineering company Wartsila has been awarded a contract by ETA Star International of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to supply a 36MW power plant for a new cement works facility in Angola. This is Wartsila’s first power plant order from Angola. The plant is due to be handed over in June 2010.

For this power plant, Wartsila will deliver four 20V32 diesel generating sets running on heavy fuel oil. Wartsila is providing all engineering of the plant and is delivering all the equipment for the power plant, including the building above ground level.

The cement works facility is being erected at Chindonga, near the town of Sumbe in the Kwanza Sul province of Angola. Owned and operated by Fabrica de Cimento do Kwanza-Sul, the new cement works is being constructed and commissioned by ETA Star International. It will have a capacity to produce 4,200 tonnes of cement a day.